Pacific Paratrooper Book Library – YTD

I was originally planning to include this bibliography of sorts at the end of this blog, but I did ask what books, Gabrielle, over at gehistorian had, so that site now wants to see mine. My library is always growing, so I’m certain there will be more added to this along the way.

First shelf

WWII: A Tribute in Art and Literature – Time/Life
Return to the Philippines – Time/Life Books
The Pacific War Remembered – John Mason Jr.
Veterans of the VFW Pictorial History – Volumes 2 & 4
Movie Lot to Beachhead – Look
US Army Paratroopers 1943-45 – Gordon Rottman
Five Came Back – Mark Harris
Surviving the Sword – Brian MacArthur
Going Home to Glory – David Eisenhower
Combat Pacific – Don Cogdon
The Last Great Victory – Stanley Weintraub
The Rising Sun – John Toland
Rakassans – Gen. E.M. Flanagan
The Pacific War – Saburo Ienaga
The Great Betrayal – David Day
Yankee Samurai – Joseph Harrington
Quartered Safe Out There – George Fraser
The Pacific War Companion – Daniel Marston
The Pacific – Hugh Ambrose
With the Old Breed – E.B. Sledge
Ghost Soldiers – Hampton Sides
For Crew and Country – John Wukovits
Southern Philippines – US Government Press
Luzon – US Gov’t Press

A Covert Affair – Jennet Conant
Warpath Across the Pacific – Lawrence J. Hickle
Soldiers Stories – The Miller Family
General Kenny Reports – Gen. George Kenny
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Soldiers – James Hornfischer
US Army Combat Skills Handbook – Dept. of the US Army
Intrepid Aviators – Gregory Fletcher
Eisenhower – Stephen Ambrose
Through These Portals – Wayne MacGregor Jr.
Flags of Our Fathers – James Bradley
The Pacific War – John Costello
Dwellers in Time and Space – Phillip Oakes
The Airmen and the Headhunters – Judith Heimann
Reaping the Whirlwind – Nigel Cawthorne
Sensö – Frank Gibney, editor
Up Front – Bill Mauldin
Elephant Company – Vicki Constantine Croke
Infamy – John Toland
Mask of Treachery – John Costello
Arrogant Armies – James Perry
The Long Way Home – David Laskin
The Collapse of the Third Republic – William Shirer
Captured By History – John Toland
The Samauri Sourcebook – Stephen Turnbull
75 Years – Time Books

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Everett Smith served with the Headquarters Company, 187th Regiment, 11th A/B Division during WWII. This site is in tribute to my father, "Smitty."
GPCox is a member of the 11th Airborne Association. Member # 4511 and extremely proud of that fact!

I think Toland gives a rather impartial view. I’ve enjoyed most of his books. I didn’t cover Pearl all that much, as it has been done by so many, and everyone has their own opinion on it. I concentrated more on the events leading up to it.

A really great collection and i think a good one too.
Can you recommend good books about the usmc in the pacific?
The last book i got was:
“Uniforms & equipment 1941 – 45” from Bruno Alberti and Laurent Pradier.

It may not be large, but it is mighty! Please, please make sure it eventually goes to a library or someplace that will value your choices in authors who represented the times the way YOU remember them… I fear technology may be accidentally erasing obscure historical points that have any measure of importance in understanding the how, the why, and the human consequences of history.

I have already made plans for all my father’s things and relics and letters I have collected, plus many of the books to go directly to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans upon my death. The remainder of the books will be donated to the local VA center. I appreciate your concern for them, I try to instill the same feeling in others myself!

ahhhhhh – such a book lover’s post!
I need to skim more of the titles – but this is a great resource, G.
and the caveman fb post is super fun….
and recently we were talking about how certain social media sites really are like some old meeting places – maybe not the cave walls…. but maybe the watering holes?? and maybe how fb and wp are digital “talks at the well” ?

You cover more areas in history than I. The Pacific War grabbed my interest back when I was a kid and it never left. I’ve lost about as many books as this over the years with moving around, people ‘borrowing’ them and a house fire.

Gosh! That is dedication to research. My eyes picked up at Occupation by John Toland, as I have been scratching my head recently about a book I read of this title, trying to remember exactly which one it was. I learnt so much from it. But I felt sure what I read was non-fiction. Perhaps it was so well researched I read it as that!

I suppose it must have been this book I read, It was around 1985 but I still remember what an impact it had. It was an eye opener on many levels. I remember reading about how the Japanese constitution was established. So if there is not a section on that, then it is another book I read. But the book cover looks familiar.

In covering the Occupation, it did go into the government, Gwen, so I believe this is probably the same book. Being a researcher and specializing in Japan, Toland based the book on fact and very little was altered from the actual history that I can find.

Reblogged this on PenneyVanderbilt and commented:
Great!!!! Could get nothing done until I logged my boss into this site! He served in ‘Nam but then “exciting” projects like “ration breakdown”. Now he is retired but has Bronze Star from Viet Nam. Wonder why we folow you?

Our dear friend,
what a great idea to show all these books. Thank you very much. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
We are just in the process to build a digital archive of our library. We use iBookshelf but, wow, what a work that is. For the first 500 books we needed one week. We suppose that we need between half a year to a year with this archive. But it gives us a good overview of our library and as book-addics we visit a lot of second hand bookshops; this helps not to buy doubles. And of course, we can find a book much quicker.
We were puzzled for quite a while how to organise our shelves. Now it’s topics and alphabetical within a topic. But there is always this problem that a book fits in more than one topic. But the biggest problem we have with filled up shelves and then we got new books that have to go in this shelf. Oh dear, so you see we are all the time busy with our library. Our Bookfayries Siri and Selma love this work.
We wish you a wonderful weekend and thanks again for showing s your books 📚📙📖
With lots of love
The Fab Four of Cley
💃🏼🚶👭

My Fab Four of Cley,
You have a library that clearly puts mine to shame, but I understand your trials and what you must be going through. It is a fantastic effort you’re doing and you will be grateful you did it when you’re finally complete. I can picture the Bookfayries flitting about from shelf to shelf with their organizing skills.
Don’t work too hard or we’ll miss out on your wonderful posts and Dina’s photography genius.
Enjoy what is remaining of your weekend.
Love from Florida,
GP Cox